Airplane



April 7, 1931. v. .1. BURNELLI 1,799,777

AIRPLANE Filed NOV. 19, 1927 ATTRNEY als Patented pr. 7, 19.551`

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PATENr oFFlcllz 'VINCENT J. BURNELLI, 0F YORK, N'. .Y., AS'SIGNOR TO THE 'UPPERCU-IBUBNELLI COBPORATIQN, A COBPORATION'OF DELAWARE am -IREISSUED .Application led November19, 1927. Serial No. 234,320.

This invention relates to airplanes and my improvements are directed to certain novel 4structural features involving the fuselage with respect to its means of supporting con- 5 nection with theV power plant, the airplane Wings and the tail group.

Thus one object of my invention is to provide lateral, forwardly proj ecting extensions of the fuselage which are adapted to support engines mounted thereby at opposite sides of4 the fuselage nose. It is by these means that two engines carried by a fuselage at opposite sides of the centre of resistance through the airplane may operate'respective propellers, in. advance of the fuselage nose, in the same vertical plane in instances where the normal width ofthe fuselage would not permit sufficient spacing between propeller centres if the engines were lcontained within the fuselage. f l

Another objectv of my invention is to secure the opposite monoplane wings to the upper sides ofthe fuselage, giving saidwings each a shoulder effect where they arejrooted v to the fuselage to thus leave exposed the side walls ofthe fuselage so that windows in said walls willI be available to passengers in the fuselage for observation Y resorting to wing distortion. Still another object of my invention isto provide a relatively narrpw, hollow rearward extension from the fuselage to serve as a support for the emfpennage or tail group and the tail skid, this eature being particularly desirable when the fuselage is of; considerable `width and is not itself extended in length to tail group.

Other features and advantages of myr invention will hereinafter appear.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of an airplane containing the several features of my invention.

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Fig. 3 is a partial front elevation of the Same,and V Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

5o In said figures let 1 indicatean airplane purposes, without Fig. 2 is a top plan viewthereof, the wings l January 6, 1921.

fuselage and 2, 2, a pair of monoplane wings extended therefrom. Attached to the opposite sides of the fuselage and extending yforwardly thereof are the structures 3, 3 which each constitute a support for an engine. In the example of the drawing. the engines 4., 4 are shown as of the radial, air cooled type, but obviously other types of engines may equally well be mounted upon or contained within the structures 3, 3, whose main purpose is to support the engines at the sides of the fuselage with the propel- 1ers projecting forwardly of the fuselage nose.

The disposition of the propellers 5, 5 which are operated by the engines 4, 4 is such that they maylrotate clearingly in the saine vertical plane. Rooted to and extending upwardly from the top sides of the fuselage are the wing shoulders 6, 6 and it is from these shoulders that the wings 2, 2 are spanned outwardly, said wings thus lying in an approximately horizontal plane that is elevated above the fuselage top to thereby expose windows 7 in the fuselage sides, 75 whereby the said windows may bedisposed at `suitable height from the fuselage floor, permitting passengers seated in the fuselage to have full and unobstructed view through the windows. j y

When the fuselage is of considerable width and does not extend rearwardly to it-` s'elf serve as the support for the empennuzgie and" tail skid, I provide a hollow, ,b headed extension 8, suitably connected to the fuselage and of relatively narrow width, substantially as shown, thelength of said extension enabling it to support the empennage 9 and also tocarry the tail skid 10. f v t willbe noted that the upward projecf defines a channel or concaved effect between said wing roots and fuselagel top that tends to diminish headvresistance. p

This application is a continuation in part of my application vSerial No. 435,481 filed Variations within the spirit-and scope ofA Imy invention are equally comprehended by Athe foregoing disclosure:

l claim:

1. The combination with an airplane fuselage of a pair of engine mountings attached respectively to opposite outer side Walls of said fuselage, and projecting forwardly thereof, said mountings constituting a part of the fuselage structure, and being accessible from the fuselage interior.

2. The combination with an airplane having monoplane Wings and a fuselage of a pair of engine mountings attached respectively to opposite outer side Walls of said fuselage and projecting forwardly thereof, said mountings constituting a. part of the fuselage structure, and engines carried by said mountings and being accessible from the fuselage interior.

New York, November 16th, 1927.

WNCENT J. BURNELLL New?? 

